Traces of You | ||||
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Released | 4 October 2013 | |||
Genre | Indian music | |||
Label | Deutsche Grammophon | |||
Producer | Nitin Sawhney | |||
Anoushka Shankar chronology | ||||
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Singles from Traces of You | ||||
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Traces of You is the seventh studio album by British-American sitarist Anoushka Shankar. It was released on 4 October 2013 through Deutsche Grammophon. [1] The album, which is Shankar's first release since her 2011 Grammy-nominated album Traveller, was produced by British composer and multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney. [2] Traces of You features vocals by Norah Jones, Shankar's half-sister, on three tracks. In December 2014, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category. [3]
The lead single to promote the album, "Traces of You", was released internationally on 22 July 2013. [4] "People who have gone, are still here, in us. Places we came from, are carried to the places we go," said Shankar about the song. [2]
A music video for the track, which featured Norah Jones, was released onto YouTube on 12 September 2013. [5] It was directed by Shankar's husband, English film director Joe Wright ( Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina). [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Sun Won't Set" (featuring Norah Jones) | Anoushka Shankar, Nitin Sawhney | 3:34 |
2. | "Flight" | Shankar | 3:37 |
3. | "Indian Summer" | Shankar, Sawhney | 4:54 |
4. | "Maya" | Shankar, Manu Delago | 5:05 |
5. | "Lasya" | Shankar | 4:38 |
6. | "Fathers" | Shankar, Sawhney | 2:30 |
7. | "Metamorphosis" | Shankar, Sawhney | 4:57 |
8. | "In Jyoti's Name" | Shankar | 3:33 |
9. | "Monsoon" | Shankar | 3:40 |
10. | "Traces of You" (featuring Norah Jones) | Shankar, Sawhney | 3:45 |
11. | "River Pulse" | Sawhney | 3:04 |
12. | "Chasing Shadows" | Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | 8:17 |
13. | "Unsaid" (featuring Norah Jones) | Shankar, Norah Jones | 4:26 |
Credits from Deutsche Grammophon website [1] and the album liner notes:
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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French Albums ( SNEP) [6] | 190 |
Spanish Albums ( PROMUSICAE) [7] | 90 |
Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade) [8] | 77 |
US Billboard 200 [9] | 185 |
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [10] | 4 |
US World Albums ( Billboard) [11] | 1 |
Region | Date | Label | Format(s) |
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Austria [12] | 4 October 2013 | Deutsche Grammophon | CD, LP, digital download |
Germany [13] | |||
New Zealand [14] | |||
Sweden [15] | |||
France [16] | 7 October 2013 | ||
United Kingdom [17] | |||
Italy [18] | 8 October 2013 | ||
Spain [19] | |||
Japan [20] | 9 October 2013 | ||
Australia [21] | 11 October 2013 | ||
Canada [22] | 22 October 2013 | ||
United States [23] |